Definition of Bedrocks

1. Noun. (plural of bedrock) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bedrocks

1. bedrock [n] - See also: bedrock

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedrocks

bedrite
bedrive
bedrivel
bedriveled
bedriveling
bedrivelled
bedrivelling
bedrivels
bedrizzle
bedrizzled
bedrizzles
bedrizzling
bedrobe
bedrobes
bedrock
bedrocks (current term)
bedroll
bedrolls
bedroom
bedroom community
bedroom furniture
bedroom set
bedroom suite
bedroomed
bedroomlike
bedrooms
bedroomy
bedrop
bedropped

Literary usage of Bedrocks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"The origin of ancient valleys is linked with the subsidence, in blocks, of the bedrocks as a result of tectonic activity and of subsequent river and glacial ..."

2. The Cause of the Glacial Period: Being a Résumé and Discussion of the by Hiram L. True (1902)
"In many places in the above mentioned territory, usually spoken of by geologists as the drift region, underneath the clay the bedrocks show scratches, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Crosby shows by the almost universally glaciated surface of the bedrocks beneath the drift, excepting near the borders of the drift-bearing areas, ..."

4. Journal by California Legislature (1883)
"L bedrocks AND GRAVELS. The bedrocks and gravels of the hydraulic mines are a very interesting study—at the present time but little is known of them. ..."

5. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1906)
"Of these probably the most common are found on granitoid bedrocks. Many of the Tertiary volcanoes of the Sierra Nevada were of this type, the lavas over ..."

6. American History and Its Geographic Conditions by Ellen Churchill Semple (1903)
"The extensive prairies and hill country also, by the decay o£ their bedrocks, had an excellent soil, which eventually was found to yield good crops of ..."

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